The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon him. All nature loafs, while man alone works for a living.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks.

There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere

No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.

Few men who have liberated themselves from the fear of God and the fear of death are yet able to liberate themselves from the fear of man.

Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.